Vickie Johnson News

When we last saw the Silver Stars, their up-and-down 2009 season had concluded with a first-round playoff loss to eventual WNBA champion Phoenix.

This season was supposed to be Yolanda Griffith's chance at one last championship, a perfect ending to her career.

After 12 seasons in the WNBA, Lisa Leslie -- a two-time WNBA champion, seven-time All-Star, three-time MVP and the first player to dunk in the WNBA -- will retire when the Sparks' playoff run is over.

I wonder why it's taken this long. I refer to professional athletes and entertainers becoming more and more involved in the ownership of professional sports franchises.

Buddy Miller won four awards and veteran John Fogerty received a special honor Thursday night at the eighth annual Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show.

PHOENIX a ' Diana Taurasi scored 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting and had six rebounds, five assists and two blocked shots to lead the Phoenix Mercury past the San Antonio Silver Stars 106-78 Saturday to even their Western Conference semifinal series at a game apiece.

Shannon "Pee Wee" Johnson announced Friday that this, her 11th season in the WNBA and 14th as a professional, will be her last before retirement.

Sometime in the coming days or perhaps weeks, Lisa Leslie and Vickie Johnson will each play her last game in the WNBA.

Silver Stars center Ann Wauters swats at a shot attempt by the Phoenix Mercury's Le'coe Willingham during Thursday's one-point Silver Stars victory.

Sue Bird has agreed to a multiyear contract extension to stay with the Seattle Storm, keeping the All-Star guard with the only WNBA team she's played for.

Who's going to win the WNBA title this season? Will Los Angeles' Lisa Leslie end her career with a third title? Might another player who is retiring, San Antonio's Vickie Johnson, win her first? Can the Atlanta Dream pull a "Shock" and go from worst to first, the way Detroit did in 2003? Speaking of Motown, can the defending champs overcome the ...

Shannon Johnson scored 16 points and Janell Burse added 15 to lead the Seattle Storm to a 64-55 win over the San Antonio Silver Stars on Saturday night.

Tamecka Dixon is one of four players remaining from the league's inaugural season in 1997.

September, 2009 - The 2009 WNBA season and the Pick One Challenge enters the final week, with six days of games starting on Tuesday.

Silver Stars guard Vickie Johnson, 37, was named the Western Conference Player of the Week on Tuesday, making her the oldest WNBA player to earn the honor.

Deanna Nolan of the Detroit Shock and Vickie Johnson of the San Antonio Silver Stars were named the WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for regular season games played Monday, August 31 through Sunday, September 6. Deanna Nolan wins the fifth Player of the Week award of her career and second in as many weeks after ...

Although they have a postseason berth in hand, the Seattle Storm are without two-time MVP Lauren Jackson as they try to improve their position in the Western Conference.

Star filly Rachel Alexandra made history at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. by becoming the first female to win the prestigious Woodward Stakes on Saturday, holding off Macho Again by a head.

Vickie Johnson tries to dribble around Minnesota's Nicky Anosike during the first half.

San Antonio is 2-1 against Minnesota this season. The two meet again Tuesday in San Antonio.